The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-14
A GILLIAN "SIIE. -
.sidors De Consiuo, the Monte Cristo OF
south America.

\ flashily dressed young man of me-
dunn height, with large diamond III his
shiri bosom, stepped oil the barkentine
AldaviH a few DAYS ago when II arrived
from Chill. There was something -
shan, and Shrcwd III his appearance that
the attention oi an Examiner representa-
tive HsS attracted 10 him.
~That i Mr.. Jenkins, the grand sccrc-
tary to the richest woman in South
America - Mad Isidora de Consino-
commonly known ~ the Monte Cristo OF
South America" said an officer of the
vessel
80 you would like to know something
CT the madame observed Mr. Jenkins,
SirDkiug his mustache on being intro
duccd. "Wcll, there j. lots 10 tell YOU
! could talk about hcr possessions and
ncr ccccutricitics for week and the sub
jcct would not bc half exhausted. II Is
q rather curious thing that she was not
discovered long since She Il known ali
along the South American coast and Il Al
most =. queen over the people. Ia fact,
there Is no one who disputes her in any
thing she SAYS pr docs ami she rcNcls IN
the luNurieS that her Cuprmou- wealth
can surround lacy with. About fifty
wears have passed since she Was born,
.ud. though few women have diNsipatcd
as she has. she i well preserved. and
.,,sr- ont and has her nice little time the
sam" ~ ever.
No she l. not fair. Her features are
coarse. ike servant girl =, but she has
had many luFcrs.
'''>hc has = partiality Tor the French,
and a few wears ago, when Il gentleman
from France happened around, she inva-
riably invited him and fell in love with
him. Ia hate years her sons have been
Watching hcr and using their efforts to
keep her from scandal, whicsI she falls
into Nert easily.
The society people OF the city repeat
cdly ayyw that they will never visit her
again, bur her receptions are 80 elegant
and rich that they never fail to attend
when they receive an invitation.
"ISidCr.I is = native OF Chill and 4 Wi
dow OF the late Luis dc CoEsino, gentle
man Of French origin. She claims to
have CaStilian blood in her veins, and
most probably she has. Size l. the owner
OF about iour-fiths of tEe coal mines OF
LOta, i small seaport IN the southern part
al Chill the inhabitants az which are en-
tirely dependent for their livelihood upon
the mines, and besides this she has the
controlling interest IN the Companla Is
plutadOIsI dc Carbon dc Lota COroncl.
Thcs. mines supply all vessels of the
Pacific steam Navigation Company with
cp.,l. and ils3 al steamers plying Oh the
Southwest Coast.
AZ IGtu she hLS removed what was a
handsome building and i rebuilding. q
r4giare u eclipse any thing in SuUtl
\ ArgeriCL. lis cost viii be more tua,a -
UpJnpO Tho palace viii be situated in
tIc most beautiful park country, d yyri-
table Laen, where II viii be surrounded
by tAe most magnificent trees and plants
that money can procure In Santiago,
tL, -tpit.u OF Chill, she HG- a residence
tu4r Tor grandeur has few equals. Il u
situated IA Z. garden of i've acres tccmlng
witt tropical plants and birds.
Her stables contain fifty or moro thor
Cugl-bred English racers. The madame
was the first ratrOncss Of hurSc-raciug in
ChE- Her turnOuts are equal 10 those
II any Princess.
fIsIdora cares little for money. Her
income l. enormous. but she manages to
spend about Is nIECh. In 1850 her
brother dIci. In hCI bereavement she
made donations TO hospitals, churches,
""nNents, DC, To the amount Of StjO0OOO.
She mas left - 100000 by him Included
IN her estate was = handsome residence
ON one of the principal streets OF >antia-
20. The dwelling was built and owned
.iUr = time by a former Californian, Don
Enrique MeIglCS, who had all the mat
erlal and workncn brought from the
States.
''She has three daughters. The eldest
u tW-uty-one and the Youngest il twelve
years of age. The second y seventeen,
and The prettiest. ISidora has much
trouble with them. Recently 4 young
Lieutenant fell il love with the seven
tceu-ycar-old, and her mother saw tit TO
remove her 70 convent. The others
nave since been placed where the be
gullcmeHts Of man can rot reach"